The first 48 hours: Comparing 12-hour and 24-hour betamethasone dosing when preterm deliveries occur rapidly

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 365-369

  Haas, David M ^a   McCullough, William ^a   McNamara, Michael F ^a   Cara, Olsen ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal corticosteroids; Betamethasone; Neonatal outcomes; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FETUS MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LUNG; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BETAMETHASONE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; MEDICAL RECORDS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39049180971     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050600715873     Document Type: Article

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